Find Your Perfect City

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Low Cost of Living 20%

High Wages 20%

Affordable Rent 15%

Low Crime 15%

Good Schools 10%

Affordable Childcare 10%

Clean Environment 10%

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Top Metros for You

#	Metro	Score	Cost Index	2BR Rent
1	Grand Forks, ND-MN	77	86.7	$1,089	View
2	Ames, IA	74	88.8	$1,026	View
3	Charleston, WV	74	88.7	$869	View
4	Minot, ND	74	87.0	$1,000	View
5	Wheeling, WV-OH	72	88.3	$991	View
6	Cedar Rapids, IA	71	89.0	$956	View
7	Fargo, ND-MN	71	90.9	$1,112	View
8	Parkersburg-Vienna, WV	71	87.1	$928	View
9	Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA	71	87.1	$1,051	View
10	Bismarck, ND	70	91.0	$1,175	View
11	Hattiesburg, MS	70	87.6	$1,047	View
12	Paducah, KY-IL	70	86.1	$969	View
13	Sioux Falls, SD-MN	70	90.6	$973	View
14	Dubuque, IA	69	87.3	$1,077	View
15	Florence, SC	69	86.8	$1,098	View
16	Greenville, NC	69	88.4	$1,095	View
17	Gulfport-Biloxi, MS	69	90.0	$1,140	View
18	Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH	69	88.4	$973	View
19	Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH	69	89.0	$973	View
20	Beckley, WV	68	88.4	$915	View
21	Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL	68	89.1	$1,143	View
22	Spartanburg, SC	68	91.1	$1,187	View
23	Grand Island, NE	67	86.7	$1,215	View
24	Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC	67	93.3	$1,173	View
25	Johnstown, PA	67	85.9	$1,035	View
26	Lincoln, NE	67	91.6	$1,141	View
27	Sioux City, IA-NE-SD	67	86.5	$1,154	View
28	St. Cloud, MN	67	87.6	$1,206	View
29	Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA	66	92.7	$1,094	View
30	Casper, WY	66	93.8	$1,082	View
31	Cheyenne, WY	66	96.5	$1,174	View
32	Decatur, IL	66	88.4	$1,063	View
33	Iowa City, IA	66	91.5	$1,141	View
34	Lynchburg, VA	66	89.4	$1,187	View
35	Morgantown, WV	66	93.3	$1,099	View
36	Omaha, NE-IA	66	91.9	$1,368	View
37	Peoria, IL	66	91.2	$1,039	View
38	Winston-Salem, NC	66	92.0	$960	View
39	Dalton, GA	65	89.8	$1,009	View
40	Elizabethtown, KY	65	90.6	$1,056	View
41	Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC	65	88.5	$1,095	View
42	Albany, GA	64	87.7	$1,129	View
43	Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX	64	90.0	$1,103	View
44	Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	64	91.7	$1,318	View
45	Jackson, MS	64	89.0	$1,288	View
46	Mankato, MN	64	91.0	$1,171	View
47	Topeka, KS	64	88.8	$1,057	View
48	Bowling Green, KY	63	90.2	$996	View
49	Champaign-Urbana, IL	63	92.7	$1,122	View
50	Columbus, GA-AL	63	89.3	$1,088	View